Regarding the original topic, I recently had someone compliment my newest bike, and Ocean Air Rambler as a "nice old bike". I was initially offended, but then I realized that the cranks are from 1984, derailleurs from the 90's, etc. So I suppose it is old, in part.
My senior project in engineering school was to design and build an electronic derailleur drivetrain. I was the EE on the project, working with an ME student. Even then as a budding RetroGrouch (I don't think the term had been coined yet), I knew it was an interesting engineering problem, but not something I'd ever want. I could not believe that a cyclist would tolerate having to change or charge batteries, so we designed an alternator into the lower rear derailleur pulley that charged the battery. The biggest advantage of the system that I could see at the time was that it would work with any number of cogs, and any cog spacing Chris "creating solutions to problems that don't exist" On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 9:36:50 AM UTC-5, Addison wrote: > > I've had people assume my Riv is an "old" bike for a long time now but > yesterday when I was riding home I stopped to take a photo of the rushing > Truckee River in Reno and a gent paused to compliment me on my "beautiful > old bike." I just said thanks and didn't correct him. And then it > occurred to me that I shouldn't correct him because my Allrounder is going > on 18 years of age. Many miles but it looks sharp...I've taken care of it > through commutes and offroading and tours. Anyway, just ruminating...and > posting a couple pics. Happy Monday! > > http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-is-bike-old.html > > Addison Wilhite, M.A. > > Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology > <http://www.washoeschools.net/aact> > > *“Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success”* > > Educator: Professional Portfolio <http://renorambler.wix.com/portfolio> > > Blogger: Reno Rambler <http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/> > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
